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About Naresh Sohal
- Naresh Sohal (18 September 1939 – 30 April 2018) was an Indian-born composer of western classical music.
- He is the first composer in this tradition ever to make settings of texts in Sanskrit, Punjabi and Bengali (although he has also made many settings in English).
- He was the first composer ever to be offered an annual bursary by the Arts Council of Great Britain.
- Sohal was the first Non Resident Indian (NRI) ever to be awarded a Padma Shri (Order of the Lotus) by the Indian Government.Although Sohal wrote in the Western idiom, his extensive range of compositions shows a long-standing and serious commitment to the insights of Hindu philosophy.
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